Literary Arts Podcast

Introducing Three to Thirteen Writerly Minutes, a podcast produced by Literary Arts. Listen in to short clips from past Portland Arts & Lectures speakers; Oregon writers reading bits of poetry, fiction, and other short works; and writing prompts shared in a workshop format. Updated with a new episode every two weeks or so.

This is a new project for us, and will certainly evolve over time. Let us know what you think. Send your questions and comments to podcast@literary-arts.org.

WRITE AND HIKE! Nature Writing Essay Contest

1 February 2012

 The fourth annual Youth Nature Writing Contest at Lewis and Clark National Historic Park is calling for submissions from young nature writers in grades 9-12. The contest is open to all Oregon and Washington high school students.  Submit your 500 word non-fiction essay about a hiking experience you’ve had. It could be a muddy hike, [...] Listen...

Portland State Intern

1 February 2012

Hi! I’m Kaitlyn the PSU WITS intern.  I’m a second year student in the Fiction MFA program.  My thesis is my main focus of study right now which means I am (supposed to be) writing a lot. I’ve gotten to take some excellent workshops and seminars about the craft of writing.  My fiction has appeared [...] Listen...

Wilson Students Read at Annie Bloom’s Books

26 January 2012

Parents, friends, teachers and writers packed into Annie Bloom’s Books to see Wilson students read  poetry, prose, and drama written during the previous semester with a WITS writer-in-residence. The classes hosting a writer included Creative Writing, 3D Design, and US History. WITS writer Cindy Williams Gutierrez spoke of creating art from books and writing poems [...] Listen...

Cleveland HS Students Read at TaborSpace

25 January 2012

On a freezing Monday night, students from Cleveland took the stage in the soft glow of TaborSpace and read their poetry, prose, and scenes from plays. Every seat was filled with parents, fellow students, and the WITS writers who worked with these students during the previous semester (Donna Prinzmetal and Matt Zrebski). The applause for [...] Listen...

Wilson High School Puppet Show

24 January 2012

  Students in Marie Pearson’s 3-D Design class at Wilson High School wrote puppet shows with WITS writer Cindy Williams Gutierrez and performed their plays (with the puppets they designed) for their next door neighbors at Rieke Elementary.           Listen...

Portland Art Museum Teen Workshop

18 January 2012

Are you a young artist looking to engage with your community? The Portland Art Museum’s Artist in Residence Lexa Walsh will be teaching a workshop called Socially Engaged Art Making that encourages students to explore the relationship between art and community.  This is a free 10-week course in which young artists will work in an array [...] Listen...

Benson Students Reading (and Broadcasting) at Broadway Books!

12 January 2012

It was certainly a 21st-century reading at Broadway books on Wednesday night, with students reading their comics projected onto a screen and playing radio pieces they had pre-recorded for broadcast. The pieces were produced in two residencies at Benson High School this past semester: graphic novelist Nicole Georges taught in Dave Mylet’s classroom, and journalist [...] Listen...

Madison High School reading at the BiPartisan Cafe

2 January 2012

The December 8 WITS reading for Madison High School students was a great success.  An unprecedented number of Madison students, teachers, families and friends packed the BiPartisan Cafe to join WITS writers John Isaacson and Hunt Holman.  Cheers to the great audience and participants!   Listen...

WITS Anthology Reading at Powell’s

2 January 2012

On Tuesday December 6, Powell’s City of Books hosted the release party for the 2010-2011 WITS anthology of student writing, No One Carries an Umbrella Here. More than 130 students, family members and other community members came out to celebrate student writers reading their poems, plays, prose and comics from the anthology. The above photo [...] Listen...

Tom Brokaw Meets the Press

6 December 2011

Tom Brokaw made time during a busy Portland visit to meet with students from Wilson High School at the new Literary Arts event space downtown. He told the student journalists they are coming of age at a critical time. While the future of print journalism is uncertain, Brokaw said he remains optimistic that “the culture [...] Listen...